Forever Einstein:

John Roulat - many drums (old and new)
Jack Vees - a very nice custom Sadowsky bass
Chuck Vrtacek - Ibanez AS120, Fender Stratocaster, Gibson J-50, Epiphone Les Paul Classic,
Jerry Jones - electric sitar, sound & tape collages

Tracklist:
1. Maybe spending the rest of your life in a madhouse will teach you some manners
2. My mule wouldn't walk in the mud so I had to put 17 bullets in her
3. You want fries with that?
4. My wife's ex-husband's grandfather's bowler is now mine and I never wear it
5. Minimalism is not incompatible with density
6. With a car like that you must be knee deep in whores
7. Tell the little man with the big head the bank is CLOSED!
8. A fruit pie salesman with a whoopee cushion living in Witchita Falls OR Wow! If your fly weren't open you'd look just like Roger Moore
9. I'm going to cut the soles off my shoes sit in a tree and learn to play the flute
10. Better to be early than lift your leg

Forever Einstein is a Connecticut-based trio consisting of guitar, drums and bass.

"Down With Gravity" is their 4th release on the magnificent Cuneiform label. Their instrumental music covers a wide spectrum of musical genres.

Here and there you can hear influences from such different genres as blues, country, folk, heavy metal, jazz, pop, progressive, psychedelic, R&B, RIO and rock.

It's definitely NOT mainstream in any way. The complex compositions are in constant progress with odd rhythms, many mood and tempo changes, and the musicians are highly technical.

Guitarist Chuck Vrtacek has written all compositions except one.

Their influences are Henry Cowell, Hamza el Din, Jimi Hendrix, Henry Cow, King Crimson, Gene Krupa, Henry Mancini, Perry & Kingsley, Nino Rota, Erik Satie, Raymond Scott, Carl Stalling, Frank Zappa.

You can also hear some reminiscences to Chris Cutler, Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.

Forever Einstein's music is a melting pot of all these influences, and the result is what you can hear on this album. Quite weird in a positive way.

Released by CUNEIFORM RECORDS (RUNE 136)

Contact Info:
Cuneiform Records homepage: http://cuneiformrecords.com/
Cuneiform E-mail: cuneiway@aol.com

Forever Einstein homepage: http://users.erols.com/vrtacek/
Chuck E-mail: vrtacek@erols.com
John E-mail: jroulat@worldnet.att.net
Jack E-mail: chezvees@aol.com

-Reviewed by Greger Rönnqvist-